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TWO THE FUTU I J. F. JOHNSON I MISS EMMA P. JOHNS HELEN RICHARDSON L. A. Wist Ivlake all checks j THE FUTU P. 0. Box 20831 ? G; PHON Second Class Postage | 10c Per Copy Publish GRAD College :ind high scho state of rnincl making ever ments to receive their dit friends are making prepar and show their pride in t the tide and made it over. After graduation, th< graduating seniors who jui to do. Of course there are r to do but are being held ba for jobs they hear, "Sorry, many years experience do \ are after people already ti tions which have training are after the top in the cl high school student who same as drop-outs and thi job completely unrelated tc by a high school graduate, discouraged from fnrtheri question is "why should I did go on and are right b I am. Seems like a waste Graduation day is a t it ajso brings on worries, flung out into a cold merci ed "better yourself throu done meets the graduate v true that unemployment is hiring. Well, if you go to a VfUi s>favw?x1/\> ,? WM MJIU Li U1IIGU blic CUI[J1U1 he figures this job would thing comes along. Besid< for dron-outs by some fedc government should establi nates. Yes, graduation day i as they hear the music of bers of the school choir : address of the highly edu( nation they begin to think meant. They wonder, "Sh shall I stop where I am, ma with what T have? I critic negative attitude concerni occupational misfortune ai go any further with my edi than a job to earn money but one needs an educatio him to become aware of him. The educated person rather than having Ihe wc his rights and how to def be done in any given eomn should not go on strike bf find the job he wants. H himself just as one cnltiv when he goes looking for a to offer than thp nerson OonRratulations jro to There is just as much pi however, fac e the same pre as an apprentice and usual injy on the iob as they rec courapement acrain to the c T1 RE OUTLOOK Editor & Publisher 50N News Reporter BATTLE News Reporter & Bookkeeper Staff Photographer payable to and mail to: RE OUTLOOK REENSBORO, N. C. 27420 E 273-1758 Paid at Greensboro, N. C. ed Weekly $6.00 Per Year U ATI ON ol graduates are in a stirred-u y effort to satisfy the requiri ilomas. Parents, guardians an ations to attend the ceremonit he seniors, who have mastere en what? There are so man st do not know what they wai nany who know what they war ck. When they file applicatior we have no openings" or "ho 'ou have?" The small business* rained while the large corpori programs for their employe* ass. As it ends up the averaj gets a job ends up doing tt s 4-year college student gets ) his major which could be dor No wonder so many people ai ng their education. Their ma Look at the people here wl ack here doing the same thir of time and money to me." hrilling day for candidates bi Many feel like they are beir less world. A world that holle gh education" and after it rith "sorry, no vacancies." It up and most places just aren job that is below that for whit t'ee refuses to hire you becau; just be a stop-over until som is those jobs may be reserv* iral program. Maybe the feder sh a program for recent gra s a thrilling clay for candidate the processional, the final nur md listen to the well prepar* \fi1pfl cmp541'nr 'I'hon . l liv.ll <11 liV, I a what these four years of stuc all I continue my education i rry, start a family and be hapi ize the graduate who takes tl ng his older sister or brother id says, "it is useless for me acation". Education means mo ..Of course it is a bipr kevno n to cultivate himself. It hel] himself and the world aroui learns to profit from the wor irld profit from him. He lean end them. There is so much lunity requiring education. Oi vause ne noes not lmmeniate e should continue to cultiva ates a crop for market. Th< position he will have a lot moi ho has only a certificate, the vocational graduates als ide in those fields. They to >blems. They are asked to woi ly put through the same trail eived in vocational school. Di mlooker. Time and money spej HE FUTURE OUTLOC 1 THIS WEEK'S THE LORD OF HISTORY | Beginning Where You Are Prophets, because of their uncompromising manner, are often difficult persons to live with; but their penetrating observations are instructive. They teach much to those who will learn from them. James M. Ward has this to say about the teachings of the prophet Isaiah: "The practical application of the principles of rule taught byj Isaiah is exceedingly difficult! in any age. It is never a simple j ? thing to 'establish justice in the! ? gate,' or to adjudicate the conflicting rights and claims of men. Nor is the achievement of ilistipp ovpv nprmnnpnt. Thf> lifo P o? man is a continuous conflict of interests and needs, of priv'd ileges and responsibilities, among individuals, groups, and instituI tions. Freedom and order are threats to each other. Self-iny tercst and pride corrupt the most it civic-minded men. Today's viclt tory for justice creates tomorls row's problem. And behind w every social achievement looms !s the threat of physical disaster in the realm of nature, to compli53 cate and frustrate the best purrp ' poses of men. But we need not | le dismiss Isaiah's teaching as simplistic or irrelevant merely bere cause it fails to cover every jn eventuality or omits a concrete program of political order. Like all the prophets, Isaiah showed his awareness of the imperfec^ tion and impermanence of hu' man achievements and of man's 1ST eternal liability to judgment and need lor forgiveness. He ackjg nowledgcd the hardness of man's j. heart and his ability to rationalize evil as good. Thus Isaiah 3e had no illusions about the life of Israel or the life of men genorally. His faith was in God al and not man. and he proclaimd ed the creative sovereignty of God in the midst of man's faithes fulness and folly. Therefore his n- J hope was not Utopian but real 3C11 '"tic. mis confidence in God was d- not diminished but tempered by ly ! the certainty of judgment and Or [ suffering. These were the cost >y I of man's reconciliation to God '6 ; and the cost of righteousness ' s among men. The victory of faith i was not a final, static solution re 1 to the conflict of good and evil 1 nor an extrication from the field pa ; . id , Id I for training in vocational sch< is j once you are on the job, yet to less you had been to trainin le True the discouragemen ly out-weigh them by far. Succ te not successful when he inhet >n person who starts with nothi re , all obstacles and struggling j others around him did not s o.: To the graduate: Reme o, j education has just begun. If k your education in another in a- Look at the world and lean s- j vate yourself. Graduation is j it I It is up to you to make it blo< IK SUNDAY SCH of baffle to a private realm of timeless tranquility but a trust in the righteousness of God in the midst of conflict. It was a victory that had to be constantly won, and its preconditions were always the awareness of one's lostness before the Holy One of Israel and the acceptance of atonement as a gift (Isa. 6). The purpose of the prophetic word was to bring men to this awareness and to facilitate this acceptance. The word of the prophet was necessary to bring Israel again and again to this awareness, but it was rarely sufficient to <:o o. The historical judement of God, in the form of social disaster, was also required. Without this judgment the truth of the prophet's teaching was inevitably obscured by the proud ambitions of men P.. it Uftlhntll tKn ci-nrrl of ?V . M1UVI V >ttv \1 V/i V* U1 VUC yi \Jm phet, the fall of the proud would have been a mere tragedy, one to be added to the injustices already committed by the proud thus swelling the sum of evil The word of the prophet kepi open the possibility of creative response to the disasters of history, as well as the graceful acknowledgment of God's glorj in creation, by which means the life of man might be fulfilled.' Searching The Scriptures The Scripture lor this lessor is Isaiah 10:5-15; 14:24-27. Selected verses arc printed below Isaiah 10:5-7, 15 5 Alt, Assyria, the rod of mj anger, the staff of my fury 0 Against a godless nation I senc him, and against the people 01 my wrath I command him, t< take spoil and seize plunder and to tread them down like th? mire of the streets. 7 But he doe: not so intend, and his mind doe: I noi so ininK; out it is in hi! ] mind to destroy; and to cut of: | nations not a few. 1 15 Shall the axe vault itsel over him who hews with it, oi i the saw magnify itself agains him who wields it? As if a roc ; should wield him who lifts it or as if a staff should lift hinr who is not wood! Isaiah 14:24-27 24 The Lord of hosts ha; sworn: "As I have planned, sc shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand, 25 tha I will break the Assyrian in m> )ol that's going to be repeated they would not hire you ung school. ts are many but the profits ess is not automatic. One is -its a fortune. Success is the ng and works forward facing on,' not giving up because uwwcu. mber, don't stop now. Your you aren't going to further stitution further it yourself, i from what you see. Cultiust the blossom of the flower, om. FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1971 OOL LESSON land, and upon my mountains trample him under loot; and his yoke shall depart from them, and his burden from their shoulder." 26 This is the purpose that is purposed eoncerning the whole earth; and this is the hand that ! is stretched out over all the na: tions. 27 For the Lord of hosts . has purposed, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched , out, and who will turn it back? Memory Selection; The Lord of hosts has sworn: "As I have . planned, so shall it be, and as I t have purposed, so shall it stand." ?Isaiah 14:24 I Exploring the Questions L Did Israel see itself as the . center of all reality? II In a good many of Israel's . j theological statements, one can get the sense of being at the cen, ter ol the universe. The God of . Israel is characterized as the [ creator of the universe in some . traditions. In prophetic tradi. tions, the God of Israel is depict, ed as the One to whom all men . and nations must finally answer. i Tr> tKo 1 w M?v- kTVl <C 1VI ICS" > son we are concerned with ma. jor shifts in the international [ political balance. Isaiah relate* r these shifts, which involve the . weakness of Egypt and the ex pansion of Assyria to the west, to the theological values of the 11 Israelite community. The God .1 who upholds justice in the Israe. lite community has summoned forth Assyria to vindicate jusr tice ? or to carry out sanctions ! against injustice ? within the I social life of Israel and Judali. f But, as a matter of fact, one > could write a fully adequate hisI tory of the period from 750-700 > j B.C. with no more than a bare i j mention of Israel or Judah. 5 j What is behind statements 5 j such as the one in 10:5? What f I would bring a small nation to think of a major power as a f I punishing rod in the hand of its p! own God? Is this attitude an ext J pression ol an exaggerated self1' importance? Is it nationalism . and patriotism gone wild? Or i are other factors involved that arc not immediately obvious? \ Is this attitude characteristic of 5 the kind of theological confes> sion wc find in Israel and Judah .1? particularly in the prophets, 1j Finding Help ' j With Your Questions Did Israel see itself as the j | center of all reality? Any adequate historical analysis of the period that included the life of Isaiah would have to I stress the power dynamics of the , international scene. An essential part of this analysis would be , | a discussion of the final break I clown of the Twenty-second , Egyptian Dynasty, which had ?I taken power near the end of the reign of Solomon. This dynasty was followed, sometime after 750 B.C., by a tCnntinucd on P;r;e 12)
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